News from the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry

September 2024

Celebrating workers', employers' rights during Workplace Rights Week The Department of Labor and Industry will host Workplace Rights Week Sept. 22-28. This is an opportunity to educate workers and employers about their rights and responsibilities in the workplace. Safe and healthy workplaces are what make our economy and communities strong, and it is important Minnesotans understand their workplace rights and are empowered to assert those rights. To learn more about Workplace Rights Week and how you can participate, visit dli.mn.gov/rights-week.

News release:  Minimum-wage rate adjusted for inflation as of Jan. 1, 2025

Minnesota’s minimum-wage rate will be adjusted for inflation on Jan. 1, 2025, to $11.13 an hour for all employers in the state. Read the complete release.

Attend a Minnesota Dual-Training Pipeline event

Learn about the basics of employment-based training and share tips and advice about how to set up a dual-training initiative at your company at a Dual-Training Pipeline Industry Forum, webinar or Community Conversation.

Grants available to help expand registered apprenticeship

Labor Education Advancement Grants are available to help increase participation and retention of people of color, Indigenous people and women in registered apprenticeship programs. Apply for a grant.

Fall Seminar includes continuing education for building officials

The 2024 Construction Codes and Licensing Division's Fall Seminar will focus on commercial buildings, the 2020 Minnesota Plumbing Code and 2024 Minnesota Commercial Energy Code. It's offered at locations throughout Minnesota in September and October. View seminar dates and locations.

MNOSHA's next free Construction Seminar is Sept. 17, focuses on worker exposure to silica

Minnesota OSHA (MNOSHA) Compliance will host its next free Construction Seminar on Tuesday, Sept. 17, beginning at 7 a.m. The focus of the seminar will be worker exposure to silica, which continues to be health hazard and an area of concern in the construction industry.

MNOSHA fatality, serious-injury investigation summaries online

Each month, Minnesota OSHA (MNOSHA) Compliance publishes current, updated summaries of its fatality investigations and serious-injury investigations.

For the federal-fiscal-year that began Oct. 1, 2023, MNOSHA has investigated 20 fatalities through Aug. 28.

The information provided about each investigation is:  the inspection number, date of incident and worksite city; the type of business and number of employees; a description of the event; and the outcome of the MNOSHA Compliance investigation.

• View the summaries.

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